Ventilated hat



R. PORCELLO Sept. 29, 1964 VENTILATED HAT 3 Smeets-Sheer?I 1 Filed Sept. 13, 1962 III'IIIIIIII:

NVENTOR QA PHREL PoRcsLl-O ATTORS i R- PORCELLO VENTILATED HAT Sept. 29, 1964 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. l5, 1962 INVENTOR: RAPHAEL paRcELLo R. PORCELLO VENTILATED HAT Sept. 29, 1964 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Sept. 13, 1962 INVENTOR: RAPHAEL PonceLLo ATTO United States Patent O 3,150,380 VENI'ILATED HAT Raphael Porcello, Box 286, Knickerbocker Station, New York 2, N.Y. Filed Sept. 13, 1962, Ser. No. 223,321 4 Claims. (Cl. 2-132.6)

This invention relates to mens and ladies headdress and more especially to head-covers or hats adapted to aord increased ventilation to the head of the wearer.

It is an object of this invention to provide an article of the class described wherein the head-cover is supported in spaced relation to and above the wearers head.

It is another object of this invention to provide a noseand ear-supported head-cover.

It is another object of this invention to provide a hat supported by an optical frame and above the wearers head.

It is still another object of this invention to provide a ncseand ear-supported head-cover in combination with means for adjusting the height of the head-cover relative to the top of the wearers head.

It is yet another object of this invention to provide a combined head and shoulder cover supported by the nose and ears of the wearer.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objects will appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIGURE l is a side elevation of my combination headcover and supporting frame positioned upon the head of a wearer;

FIGURE 2 is an isometric view of the head-cover supporting frame, the head-cover being omitted;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged sectional detail view showing means for detachably securing the head-cover to the frame;

FIGURE 4 is a side elevation similar to FIGURE l, showing a modified form of invention wherein a parasol is employed as a head-cover and a shawl is supported by the parasol;

FIGURE 5 is a sectional detail view showing means for varying the effective area of the head-cover shown in fully extended position in FIGURES 4 and 6;

FIGURE 6 is a sectional plan view taken along line 6-6 in FIGURE 4;

FIGURE 7 is an isometric view sirnilar to FIGURE 2, showing a modified form of head-cover frame, and

FIGURE 8 is a sectional detail view showing another modification of the invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 denotes in dotted lines the silhouette of a persons head upon which is mounted an optical frame broadly designated by reference character 11, said frame comprising a nose rest or bridge 12 and a pair of elongated temple pieces or ear rests 14 pivotally secured respectively to the opposite ends of the bridge as at 15.

A head-cover 17 is detachably secured upon an auxiliary support or frame broadly designated by numeral 13 by conventional snap fasteners hereinafter described. The support 18 comprises a rigid horizontally disposed arcuate, annular or ring-shaped member 19 provided with upwardly extending male components 20 of snap fasteners (FIGURES 2 and 3), said fasteners having female cornponents 21 secured in the brim 17a of the head-cover 17 and adapted to receive the components 20.

It will be observed in FIGURE 3 that the inner periphery or edge of arcuate member 1i) is spaced outwardly from the junction line or edge 22 between brim 17a and the crown 17b of the hat. This spacing prevents contact between arcuate member 19 and the wearers head in the event he should desire to lower the hat so as to t tightly 3,150,380 Patented Sept. 29, 1964 ice upon his head. The interior of hat crown 17b has a conventional hand 17o which serves as an annular bearing area adapted to lit around and against the upper portion of the wearers head (see FIGURE 8).

The head-cover or hat 17 and the attached auxiliary supporting frame 19 are supported upon frame 11 above, and preferably in spaced relation to, the wearers head by a plurality of struts or posts 24 comprising outer and inner telescopic members 25 and 26 respectively. When the head-cover is positioned on the wearers head as shown in FIGURES l, 2 and 3, the three openings defined by the annular bearing area 17C, the arcuate supporting frame 19, and the U-shaped optical frame 11 lie respectively in horizontally disposed planes; and lthese openings are alined with one another and with the opening in crown 17b of the head-cover, the horizontal projection of the annular bearing area being surrounded by the opening arcuate supporting frame 19. The upper end of each outer member is integral with arcuate support 19 and adjustably secured to inner member 26 by suitable means such as a set screw 27. The lower end of each inner member 26 has a threaded lateral extension penetrating temple piece 14 and is confined to the latter by a nut 28. It is evident that vertical adjustment of the height of the head-cover could be effected by varying the effective lengths of posts 24 by other well-known means; however, I am not aware of such posts being employed for the purposes herein stated.

FIGURES 4, 5 and 6 show a modied form of invention wherein a parasol construction 30 is employed as a ladys head-cover and a shawl is suspended from the parasol and draped around the head and shoulders of the wearer, said shawl being indicated by numeral 31.

In the latter form of invention, adjustable struts or posts 24 and 24a extend upwardly from frame 11 as in the preceding form of invention, the struts 24a being identical to strut 24- except that the lower inner telescopic member 26a is curved rearwardly and upwardly to provide additional clearance for the ladies hair. A horizontal arcuate ring 33 is integral with and supported by the upper ends of outer telescopic members 25, said ring having iixedly secured thereto as at 34 a plurality of radially extending ribs 35. The inner end of each rib extends upwardly from ring 33 and is secured to the inner ends of the other ribs at apex 36. When the head-cover or parasol Si) is in its lowermost position, the conicallyshaped interior thereof bears against the wearers head along a horizontally disposed annular area or path similar to previously described band or area 17e. The outer end of each rib 35 has an extension 35a hingedly secured thereto as at 35h, the ribs 35 and extensions 35a having a suitable flexible cover 37 secured thereto. By hinging ribs 35a in the above-described manner it is possible to reduce 0r increase the effective marginal area covered. Cover 37 has an extension 37a covering the under side of rib extensions 35a so that the rib extensions will be concealed when in folded position as shown in FIGURE 5.

In both of the previously described forms of invention, means are provided for fastening the head cover upon the head of the wearer. For mens head covers, such as shown in FIGURES 1 3, flexible straps 46 and 46a are provided for this purpose, said straps having their respective upper ends removably secured to temple pieces 14 by any suitable means such as snap fasteners 47. The lower ends of straps 46 and 46a are detachably secured together by buckle 43.

For ladies hats or head covers, such as shown in FIG- URES 4 6, it is preferable to employ ribbon straps 49, said straps being removably connected to the temple pieces 14 by snap fasteners 50 or the like. The ends of the ribbons 49 may be tied together as at 51 beneath the wearers chi-n to securely fasten the head cover upon the wearers head.

FIGURE 7 shows a modified form of frame for den tachably supporting head-cover 17 in a manner similar to, the structure shown in FIGURE 2. In FIGURE 7, howover, tre frame is formed from a continuous or endless band of wire or the like, said-band being shaped as atY 41Y and 42 to tit upon the Wearers ears and nose'respectively. The portions intermediate the points 41 and 42 project upwardly and have secured thereto a plurality of male snap fastener components Ztl. Y

v FIGURE 8 shows still another slightly modified form i of the invention wherein means are employed to adapt the head cover for winter wear. To accomplish this purpose,tthe space between the wearers head and the head cover is closed by an annular band of foam rubber or similar soft material. Band 53 is removably secured to sweat-.band17c of hat 17 by any ysuitable means such as buttons 54 fastened in holes 55' of the band. Thus the space will be closed when desired to protect the wearers scalp from exposure. Y

It will be further yobserved in the above-described embodiments of the invention that the crown openingsV in head-covers 17, 30, the openings in frame or ring members 18,33, the spaces surrounded by vertically disposed struts 24, 24a, and the openings in horizontally disposed frames 11, 11 all Vcombine to form passageways for removably fitting over the wearers head. Each head-receiving passageway is provided with an entrance or outlet having a perimeter Vformed by U-shaped frame 11, a pair of vertical struts 24, 24, or24a, 24a, and a segment of frame or ring 19 or 33.

Although I have illustratedand described the invention in Vassociation with a Ynoseand ear-supported frame, the invention contemplates the broad concept of supporting the head cover in spaced relation to andabove the wearers head by any means.

In the drawings .and specification .preferred ,embodiments of the invention have been disclosed, and although Y specilic'terms are employed theyfare used in a generic sense and not intended for the purpose of limitatiomthe scopeof invention being set forth in the following claims.

I claim;

1. In combination with `a horizontally disposed U- shaped frame having an intermediate front portion for resting upon a wearers nose and a pair of rearwardly extending'end portions lfor respectively'resting upon the Wearers ears, said portions dening a horizontally disposed opening for receiving the front and adjacent oppo- ,sitefsides of the wearers head, a lhead-cover having a crown opening positioned above and in alinement with the opening in said U-shaped frame, said head-cover being 4provided with al substantially horizontal annular bearing areal on the interior of the crown opening for tting around and against the upper portion of the wearers head, a rigid horizontally disposed annular member at- Y vtached to said head-cover and having a third opening therein alined with saidtwo Vfirst-named openings, the

surrounded by said third opening, a plurality of struts interconnecting said U-shaped frame and said rigid annular member whereby the space enclosed by said intercom nected frame and rigid annular member is combined with the space in said crown to form a head-receiving passageway having an entrance bounded by said U-shaped member, a segment of said rigid annular memben'and the rearmost of said interconnecting struts, and means for adjusting the length of said struts to vary the depth of said passageway and the distance between said crown opening and the proximate surface of the wearers head. 2. A noseand ear-supported head-cover as defined in claim 1 and further comprising a shawl suspended from said rigid annular member, said shawl being draped over Y the rearwardly extending portions of said U-shaped frame and that portion of said entrance between said rearmost struts.

3; In combination with VaV horizontally vdisposed -U-.

" crown opeuingpositioned above and in alinement with the opening'inthe U-shaped frame, a second frame attached to said head-cover, said second frame having a third opening therein alined with and surrounding the horizontal projection of said crownopening, a plurality of struts interconnecting said U-shaped frame and said second frame, whereby the space enclosedby said-interconnecting frames is combined with the space inA said crown to provide a head-receiving passageway having an entrance bounded by said U-shaped member, a segment of said second frame, and the rearmost of said intercounecting struts, and means for adjusting the length of said struts to Vary tne depth of said passageway and the distancebetween said crown opening and the proximate surface of the wearers head.

4. A noseandYear-supported head-cover as dened References Cited in the le of thisvpatent UNITED STATES PATENTS 250,803 Gray i Dec. 13, 1881 1,761,368Y Sather June 3, 1930 2,140,647 Myers Dec. 20, 1938 2,869,136 Wang Jan. 20, 1959 3,089,145V Kiefer May 14,1963

FOREIGNV PATENTS Y 357,354l Austria Nov. 25, 1908 

1. IN COMBINATION WITH A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED USHAPED FRAME HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE FRONT PORTION FOR RESTING UPON A WEARER''S NOSE AND A PAIR OF REARWARDLY EXTENDING END PORTIONS FOR RESPECTIVELY RESTING UPON THE WEARER''S EARS, SAID PORTIONS DEFINING A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED OPENING FOR RECEIVING THE FRONT AND ADJACENT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE WEARER''S HEAD, A HEAD-COVER HAVING A CROWN OPENING POSITIONED ABOVE AND IN ALINEMENT WITH THE OPENING IN SAID U-SHAPED FRAME, SAID HEAD-COVER BEING PROVIDED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL ANNULAR BEARING AREA ON THE INTERIOR OF THE CROWN OPENING FOR FITTING AROUND AND AGAINST THE UPPER PORTION OF THE WEARER''S HEAD, A RIGID HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED ANNULAR MEMBER ATTACHED TO SAID HEAD-COVER AND HAVING A THIRD OPENING THEREIN ALINED WITH SAID TWO FIRST-NAMED OPENINGS, THE HORIZONTAL PROJECTION OF SAID ANNULAR BEARING AREA BEING SURROUNDED BY SAID THIRD OPENING, A PLURALITY OF STRUTS INTERCONNECTING SAID U-SHAPED FRAME AND SAID RIGID ANNULAR MEMBER WHEREBY THE SPACE ENCLOSED BY SAID INTERCONNECTED FRAME AND RIGID ANNULAR MEMBER IS COMBINED WITH THE SPACE IN SAID CROWN TO FORM A HEAD-RECEIVING PASSAGEWAY HAVING AN ENTRANCE BOUNDED BY SAID U-SHAPED MEMBER, A SEGMENT OF SAID RIGID ANNULAR MEMBER, AND THE REARMOST OF SAID INTERCONNECTING STRUTS, AND MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE LENGTH OF SAID STRUTS TO VARY THE DEPTH OF SAID PASSAGEWAY AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID CROWN OPENING AND THE PROXIMATE SURFACE OF THE WEARER''S HEAD. 